Talk:Oak

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I think the Culinary section requires more details or needs expansion. It has no mention of the use of oak casks in whiskey/rum/bourbon/cherry and the recycling of the cask by different aging of alcohols. Also doesn't cover the Culinary uses for the acorns such as their use as feed stock for pigs and boars or the fact that certain varieties of oaks have been selected for the edibility of their acorns. Eamonn Cooper (talk) 14:42, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I've added a paragraph on use as food and fodder. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:35, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

It would be nice to expand a little bit on "acorn coffee". There's basically no info about that on wikipedia. It could go instead in the acorn article. But anyway, for example there's no mention anywhere that acorn coffee has no caffeine (dispite it's name), unless you go and read the sources well. ~2026-14257-75 (talk) 22:15, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yes it should be in the Acorn article, not here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:48, 5 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

The etymology written here is correct. Latin Quercus is from PIE *kwerkwu-, not what is written in Wiktionary, from *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu-! As the Latin word is undoubtedly cognate with the Gilaki and Tabari کرکف (karkof, karkaf "Norway maple"), Persian کرکو (korku "Montpellier maple"). Irman (talk) 12:23, 25 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

It seems that no action need therefore be taken. If Wiktionary is wrong (we can't cite it), feel free to raise it with them over there. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:22, 25 September 2025 (UTC)Reply